The Secretary of State’s visit is likely to focus less on COVID-19 than on Israel’s controversial plans to annex parts of the West Bank.
Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
Senate fails to override Trump’s veto of Iran war resolution that would have curbed his ability to launch a strike
President Trump called the war powers measure “very insulting” and slammed Republicans who supported the effort to curb his military authority.
‘A near impossibility’: Experts doubt North Korea’s claim of zero coronavirus cases
Experts say there’s evidence of at least a small-scale COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea. And some fear Kim Jong Un’s lockdown could spark a famine.
Trump says he’s seen evidence coronavirus came from Chinese lab. US intelligence agencies say it was not man-made
U.S. intelligence agencies will continue to examine whether the virus originated in animals or if it was was accidentally released by a Chinese lab.
‘War and disease travel together’: Why the pandemic push for a global cease-fire is gaining ground
The Trump administration has objected to provisions in a global cease-fire resolution. The U.N. Security Council could vote on it as early as this week.
Kim Jong Un ‘alive and well,’ South Korean official says amid new reports North Korean leader is ill
Speculation about Kim’s health began to swirl after the North Korea leader failed to attend the April 15 celebration of his grandfather’s birthday.
Public health ‘superstar’ or pro-China propagandist? WHO chief lands in US political crosshairs
The WHO chief has become the Trump administration’s latest punching bag, with Republicans reviving his past controversies and demanding his ouster.
A coronavirus travel nightmare: A blur of canceled flights, border closures, and martial law
How one American’s long-planned vacation turned into a blur of border closures, canceled flights, martial law and diplomatic wrangling.
Global response to coronavirus falters as pandemic worsens and Trump lashes out at China
Countries are competing to secure scarce medical supplies, closing borders with little notice, and lobbing verbal broadsides as COVID-19 spreads.
‘Impossible to describe our pain.’ Bob Levinson, US hostage held by Iran, is likely dead, family says
Bob Levinson disappeared 13 years ago from an island off Iran’s southern coast. Exactly what the ex-FBI agent was doing there is a matter of dispute.